Chapter Summaries

After Tailor retired from the Miracle Six, Delfi discovered that three agents had been killed by an obscurus and brought Harry in to identify the magic. Harry warned that the suspected twenty-year-old woman might not be the killer, but Mycroft ordered Merry McCallan arrested while the investigation continued.

• Guardian told the Miracle Six that Tailor was retiring after being badly injured and that Section Seven would select a replacement.
• Mycroft took Delfi to examine three dead agents, and she asked for an Auror to investigate the bodies.
• Delfi caught up with Harry and brought him to Section Seven, where he identified the traces as an obscurus attack.
• Harry explained that obscurus hosts rarely survived childhood, making the suspected adult woman an unlikely killer.
• Mycroft ordered Merry McCallan arrested while the investigation continued.

John discovered that Merry McCallan, a Muggle child rescued from Mahoutokoro’s experiments, was listed among the lost wizards and ordered an investigation into the lost wizards’ plans and possible Ministry moles. Wanda visited their orphanage, where Todd tried to recruit her, and left uneasy after seeing how strongly the group followed Martin.

• John reviewed the lost wizard files, found Merry listed as a wanted wizard, and ordered a thorough investigation into the group’s plans to infiltrate the Department of Mysteries.
• John found Wanda Maximoff listed as a dangerous suspected associate and considered whether she could act as an Auror informant.
• Wanda visited the orphanage and heard Todd explain how lost wizards had been abused or abandoned and why he distrusted the Wizarding Kingdom.
• Merry returned with food, and Todd asked whether Martin had given new instructions; Merry said Martin had only told them to find their companions.
• Todd grabbed Wanda when she tried to leave, but Merry made him release her, and Wanda left feeling uneasy as Todd insisted she would return.

John learned that the lost-wizard case involved underage wizards and an Obscurus-like presence, while Ron and Delfi investigated Olivia’s family and found evidence of her abuse and a possible Seer. Harry suspected the group had a larger goal connected to the Department of Mysteries, but the source of their knowledge remained unknown.

• John received an Auror Headquarters letter reporting that lost wizards included underage wizards and possessed something resembling an Obscurus.
• Ron and Delfi found Olivia’s family dead from the Killing Curse and discovered that her parents had imprisoned her in the basement.
• Ron identified Olivia’s drawing of a burned-faced man as a clue to the person they were pursuing, and Harry recognized that she might be a Seer.
• Harry rejected Ron’s anger and desire for revenge, while Hermione joined them and Ron complained about Percy.
• Harry studied Olivia’s drawing and wondered what the lost wizards wanted from the Department of Mysteries and who had told them about it.

John received Dimmock Gold and advised Damo Alex Belby to investigate countering magic to break the vampires’ curse. Old Jovanovic foresaw Yardani’s death, while Wanda’s doubts grew and Harry confronted Merry McCallan in the Department of Mysteries.

• Hagrid delivered Dimmock Gold to John and invited him to Hagrid and Madame Maxime’s wedding in Paris.
• Damo Alex Belby complained to John about the rivalry between the Potions and Alchemy Departments and the vampires’ demands for a cure.
• John suggested that Damo Alex target magic itself, prompting him to form a new research team before he was thrown out of the Alchemy Department for eyeing the Dimmock Gold.
• Old Jovanovic told his children he had seen Yardani die in a future war between Earth and Titan.
• Wanda remained troubled by Olivia’s plight and wondered whether Todd’s description of the Wizarding World was true, while Vision stayed beside her.
• A hunter followed Merry McCallan into the Ministry of Magic’s Department of Mysteries, where Harry emerged and ordered her to surrender.

Harry and Ron’s attempt to arrest Meri in the Department of Mysteries ended in a clash with two adult Obscuruses and the theft of an ancient Time-Turner. The incident alarmed Auror Headquarters and John, who considered changing how underage wizards in Muggle families were protected.

• Meri summoned Todd’s Obscurus, which knocked Ron into the room of brains before Harry pursued them into the Time Hall.
• Harry stunned Todd, but a second Obscurus erupted and the ancient Time-Turner flew away amid the chaos.
• Hermione found the injured Ron and joined Harry, who confirmed that the Time-Turner had been stolen and that two adult Obscuruses had appeared.
• Auror Headquarters received news of the attack, while John questioned how Meri had become an Obscurus after leaving the Silver Hand Angel Orphanage.
• John proposed using Gilderoy Lockhart’s influence to teach people about the Wizarding World and reconsider protections for underage wizards from Muggle families.
• Lockhart chatted with a burglar who had entered his home, mistaking him for an ardent fan.

Gilderoy Lockhart used an interview to publicize the Wizarding World and encourage young people with unusual powers to seek protection. After Barty Crouch ordered a roundup of lost wizards, Harry questioned Todd about the Time-Turner and saw the darkness in Todd’s eyes begin to fade.

• Lockhart accepted an invitation to the Malfoy-backed Alan Magic Show, where he described wizard schools and urged children with extraordinary powers to trust the Wizarding Kingdom.
• Lockhart’s interview reached Wanda and Meri, while John decided Percy should strengthen protections for underage wizards and assigned the Time-Turner investigation to Barty Crouch Jr.
• Barty Crouch ordered Auror Headquarters to arrest most of the lost wizards, including Todd, prompting Harry and Ron to object that the operation bypassed local Aurors.
• Harry questioned Todd in a magic-suppressing interrogation room and refused to use Veritaserum, fearing it could endanger the obscurus.
• Todd accused the wizards of abandoning him after his family died and experiments burned him, then Harry watched the blackness in Todd’s eyes disperse to reveal blue eyes.

Tony considered committing to Pepper Potts and retiring from the Avengers as he planned to recruit a new generation of heroes. After discussing candidates with Rhodey and Pietro, he decided it was time to plan his future with Pepper.

• Tony struggled to figure out how to talk to Pepper Potts about commitment, and Rhodey and Pietro teased him about his distracted expression.
• Tony remembered that he had called Rhodey and Pietro to discuss recruiting heroes as the Avengers struggled to cover their missions.
• Tony showed them videos of potential recruits, and the shortlist included an Asian student, Daredevil, and a Black man who could crush bombs with his bare hands.
• Pietro favored the Asian student, while Tony rejected Thaddeus Ross's recommendation of a gamma-powered recruit like Banner.
• Rhodey suggested Tony was considering leaving the Avengers and promised to support him, prompting Tony to think seriously about retirement.
• Tony reflected on Pepper Potts's antiwar work and decided it was time to make a commitment to her.

Shang-Chi stopped several thugs from robbing an old man in Queens, while Harry investigated the alchemy device left behind when Todd died. Sirius identified the device as a contract that had implanted an obscurus in Todd, and advised Harry to ask Mad-Eye where it came from.

• Shang-Chi ignored his resolve to stay out of trouble and beat up the thugs who had stolen the old man's wallet.
• Todd died when the pain from his burning body overcame him, but Harry recovered a leather-like alchemy device from the Interrogation Room.
• Harry brought the device to Sirius at 12 Grimmauld Place, and the two embraced before Sirius examined it.
• Sirius identified the device as sheepskin parchment used for contracts and revealed that Todd's obscurus had been implanted through Contract Possession.
• Sirius explained that the Interrogation Room had blocked the magic sustaining Todd's body and recommended that Harry ask Mad-Eye to trace the device's origin.

Harry reunited with Sirius before continuing his search for veterans of the Order of the Phoenix, while John investigated the Lost Wizards and met the Eternals Gilgamesh and Thena. The chapter ended as Thena’s Mahd Wy’ry took hold and Gilgamesh prepared to fight her.

• Harry said goodbye to Sirius, who asked about his relationship with Ginny, and set out to find veterans of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Meri returned the Time-Turner to Martin and learned that Todd had been arrested, then agreed that the Lost Wizards should demand justice.
• John discovered that the recovered Time-Turner lacked sands of time and suggested that the Aurors search Africa for more.
• John introduced himself to Gilgamesh and Thena, learned that they were Eternals created by the Celestials to fight Deviants, and noticed Thena’s energy resembled that of the Meteorite at Hogwarts.
• Thena’s Mahd Wy’ry clouded her eyes, and Gilgamesh warned John to step back as the two Eternals began to fight.

John studied the energy used by the Eternals and agreed to help Gilgamesh treat Thena's mahd wy'ry in exchange for payment and information about the Eternals and Celestials. The chapter ended as John began preparing to examine Thena.

• Thena succumbed to mahd wy'ry and attacked Gilgamesh, who asked John to help her.
• John analyzed Thena's energy and created weapons with a similar energy, then left Gilgamesh to handle her alone.
• John returned to the Manor and used the Power Stone to study the connection between Thena's energy and the Ten Rings.
• John returned to find Gilgamesh had subdued Thena and repaired the ruined house with Reparo.
• Gilgamesh agreed to give John information about the Eternals and Celestials in exchange for John's help, and John told Thena to lie down and stay still.

John examined Thena and entered her memories to investigate mahd wy'ry, discovering that the Eternals' memories had been repeatedly reset to control them. Meanwhile, Harry tracked down a shop selling suspicious devices and found a mysterious parchment and its owner.

• John cut Thena's hand, collected her blood and energy, and healed the wound with magic.
• John learned that mahd wy'ry came from confused memories and entered Thena's consciousness to search for its cause.
• John found hidden memories showing that the Eternals had endured repeated memory resets to keep them loyal to the Celestials.
• John opened memories beyond Thena's apparent past and saw the annihilation of life.
• Harry learned from Moody where the devices were sold and visited the shop of an expelled Alchemy Department wizard.
• Harry noticed a parchment changing color, then looked up and saw the shopkeeper's pitch-black eyes.

John uncovered the truth about the Celestials and identified the meteorite as a Celestial Seed, while planning how to stop the coming birth. Harry tracked an Obscurus to the Lost Wizards’ orphanage, where the group surrounded him to protect Martin.

• Harry confronted a shopkeeper who transformed into an Obscurus, then followed him through the sky to find the Lost Wizards’ stronghold.
• John saw in Thena’s memories that the Celestials destroyed worlds to nourish newborn Celestials, and learned that Mahd Wy’ry came from memories resurfacing after resets.
• John examined the meteorite and recognized it as a Celestial Seed whose energy pulsed in time with the Ten Rings.
• John planned to investigate signs of the Celestial’s coming birth and seek an ally among the Eternals, while considering how to deal with their superior.
• Harry found the orphanage, where Olivia and the Lost Wizards surrounded him and warned that he would not take Martin away.

Harry battled the enormous Obscurus spreading through London and entered it to destroy the Lost Wizards’ contracts. After discovering Olivia’s skin had been used as her contract, he confronted Meri, whose shattered Time-Turner sent him back to 1995.

• Olivia’s uncontrolled Obscurus burst from the Orphanage, attacked London, and forced Harry and Ron’s Aurors to contain it.
• Harry rode into the Obscurus, freed the Lost Wizards by finding and removing their contracts, and discovered Olivia’s contract had been carved into her skin.
• Harry destroyed Olivia’s contract by burning away the marked skin, then followed the Obscurus to a room where he found Meri absorbing it.
• Meri tried to use a Time-Turner to return to the past, but Harry’s spell struck as she turned it over and the device shattered.
• The Obscurus’s magic, the Time-Turner, and the Lost Wizards’ souls combined, sending Harry back to 1995.

John treated Thena’s Mahd Wy’ry by hiding her confused memories, while Gilgamesh told him about the Eternals and Celestials. Harry was thrown more than twenty years into the past and witnessed the night Voldemort returned, Heinrich fought Aldolph, and John Wick became an Obscurial.

• John examined Thena with his Soul Scalpel and hid the memories that had become confused with her current ones.
• Gilgamesh told John that the Deviants had been killed centuries earlier and that the Eternals generally stayed out of human affairs.
• Harry awoke in the Little Hangleton graveyard more than twenty years in the past and hid from his younger self while searching for Meri.
• Harry watched Heinrich fight his uncle Aldolph Edgar, who controlled Fiendfyre, and saw Heinrich unleash the fire despite knowing they would both die.
• Dumbledore appeared to block a fatal strike aimed at young Harry, and John Wick arrived in a silver mask to confront Voldemort as he became an Obscurial.

Harry tracked Meri, who planned to let the ancient Obscurus Black Sky possess John, while trying to protect the timeline. Black Sky reached John at the Stars Society, but John resisted it and trapped it in his right hand, leaving him demanding to know what it was.

• Harry realized Meri had come from the future to target John and searched for her as John’s Security Team guarded him.
• Meri communicated with Black Sky, an ancient Obscurus that planned to take over John’s body and become immensely powerful.
• After Dumbledore refused John’s demand for a Time-Turner, Peter Pettigrew was captured, and Black Sky left Meri’s body to approach John.
• Harry followed John to the Stars Society and discovered that Black Sky had tried to possess him.
• John contained Black Sky in his pitch-black right hand and demanded to know its identity.

John confronted Black Sky inside the Stars Society, extracted him from his arm, and forced him to face his power. Outside, Harry waited for a chance to reach John, then watched John head toward Dumbledore’s office before Draco Malfoy arrived.

• John recognized Black Sky as a conscious Obscurus and threatened to kill him if he refused to submit.
• John used the Soul-Sucking Curse to pull Black Sky out of his arm and began overpowering him.
• Harry debated breaking into the Stars Society, but hid when John emerged looking unharmed.
• Harry followed John and deduced that he intended to ask Dumbledore for a Time-Turner.
• Dumbledore returned, and Harry hid as the Headmaster went to his office.
• Harry waited outside and saw Draco Malfoy arrive.

Meri believed Black Sky’s lies and used her Mind Transmission ability to reach it, where she was wounded and reunited with the obscurus. After the Stars Society mourned their fallen companion, John discovered a strange trace of time and his own magic in the ruined Armory and set out to learn who had left it.

• Harry saw Draco wearing a Stars Badge and considered using it to enter the Stars Society.
• Black Sky manipulated Meri into believing Martin was trapped and needed her help, so she used Mind Transmission to travel to the underground Armory.
• Meri was pierced by John’s enchanted blade but reached Black Sky, which merged with her and broke the Armory’s wards.
• The Stars Society mourned their dead companion, and Draco and John resolved that the powerful would answer for their choices.
• John found traces of an unfamiliar woman, time, and his own magic in the Armory, then examined a crystal ball showing the woman’s face.

John pursued Meri and Black Sky across the Black Lake and defeated them with overwhelming magic. After Harry revealed that he had come from the future, John killed Meri to force Black Sky out, then faced Harry as dawn approached.

• John crossed the Black Lake, attacked Meri and Black Sky, and overpowered their darkness with a series of spells.
• Harry followed Draco into the Stars Society under his Invisibility Cloak, but John noticed him and demanded an explanation.
• John questioned Meri about her Obscurus and learned from Harry that Black Sky was a superhero from the future.
• John recognized that Meri carried his magic power, killed her to expel Black Sky, and left the spirit to face death.
• As dawn appeared, John asked Harry what he should do with him.

John told Harry to use Black Sky and another Time Flash to return to 2018, then sealed away his memory of their meeting. Harry returned to Hermione and Ron with Black Sky, while his questions about who had guided Meri to 1995 remained unresolved.

• John explained that Harry could wait until his original departure date or use another Time Flash, and he gave Harry Black Sky to help him return.
• John said he trusted only the Harry of the present, refused to hear about the future, and magically locked away his memories of the encounter.
• Harry used Black Sky and a Time-Turner to get back to 2018, where Hermione and Ron welcomed him after searching for him for three days.
• Harry told Hermione and Ron that a Time Flash had swept him away and revealed that he had brought back the obscurus from the Lost Wizard.
• Harry wondered how Meri had pinpointed 1995 and asked Hermione if she was all right before she left to report his return to headquarters.

John retrieved two Celestial Seeds from the Devil's Triangle and brought them to Silver Hand Manor and Wizard City for study. After Xandar's destruction, Vanaheim and Alfheim mobilized against Thanos, who turned his attention to finding the next stone.

• John sailed the Flying Hogwartsman into the Devil's Triangle and fed fish carcasses to the whirlpools until the distorted space dissipated.
• John used the Reality Stone to shrink and collect both Celestial Seeds, then escaped the pursuing sea creatures with a Bifrost beam.
• John observed that one seed caused time-related growth and the other caused mutation, then placed them separately in Silver Hand Manor and Wizard City.
• After Xandar's destruction, God King Freyr and Freya allied Vanaheim with Alfheim and sent an army to confront Thanos.
• Thanos let his subordinates face the allied army and focused on finding the next stone.